June 8, 2009 - The Plaintiffs in the Wiwa v. Shell cases are pleased to announce a settlement of their claims. The settlement will provide $15.5 million to compensate the injuries to the Plaintiffs...
On April 8, 2010, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Alliance for Justice; American Civil Liberties Union; Amnesty International USA; Government Accountability Project; Japanese...
Washington, DC – Top human rights organizations, actors, musicians and activists, including Viggo Mortensen, Roseanne Cash, Amnesty International and the Center for Constitutional Rights, sent...
April 15, 2011, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a statement condemning the Pence provision, passed in the House of Representatives today as part of the contentious...
March 13, 2009, New York – In response to this afternoon’s government filing in multiple Guantánamo cases, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement...
May 10, 2010, New York – In response to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive...
November 2, 2011 - Two boats carrying twenty-seven human rights activists from five countries, including the United States, have made it to international waters and are headed to Gaza. Today, the...
October 11, 2012, NEW YORK – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Baltasar Garzón, counsel to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, sent a letter to United States Attorney General...
August 28, 2013, Berkeley, CA – Civil rights organizations this week welcomed news that the Department of Education's (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has closed three investigations against...
September 17, New York – In response to today’s ruling in Floyd v. City of New York , a federal class action lawsuit challenging the NYPD’s stop and frisk practices, the Center for...
